Business sponsors are a very valuable resource that companies have. Therefore, the relationship between business and sponsor must be a strong one. The relationship mainly revolves around the first stages of project development since a sponsor is deciding on how…   Read more»

I am at a point in my life where I am about to graduate and seek job opportunities. So i feel like currently this class gave me the knowledge i need to find a project manager i would enjoy working…   Read more»

I agree with the overall consensus of the class that says that at first it is easy to receive praise because you are new and upper level management will be impressed by you. Once you set a standard of work…   Read more»

I would personally decide to stay as an engineer. Being a manager requires a lot of organizational, leadership, and people skills. I am not sure that I would enjoy having to deal with those things. I would much rather stay…   Read more»

My personal motivators for why I want to pursue my career is that I want challenging work that makes a difference. I also want stability, both financially and in my career. I believe that what motivates one to work is…   Read more»

I think that the main way that a project manager can motivate their team is by being passionate about the project they are working on. I think that this can be achieved by only managing projects that one is truly…   Read more»

I agree that all these factors are important for project success. Primarily, everyone in the project should be able to agree on the project goals. This is important because that way there is no discrepancies of some project members saying…   Read more»

I think that the planning process should be done in a way where vacation and certain absences from employees will not derail the timeline. What I am saying is that there should be some cushion for employees to be absent,…   Read more»

Gantt charts are not done for processes like design verification where one task must be completed before moving on to the next. Instead, they are mainly utilized for scheduling parts of the project that can be going on simultaneously. Therefore,…   Read more»

I think a good way to really tell verification from validation apart is to think as verification as the theory and validation as the practice. Verification of a device begins with the idea of a project. While validation happens once…   Read more»

The planning phase of a project is very important, it details where the project is headed. Without a proper plan a project will not have adequate direction and may fail. However, the phases of a project in industry, are most…   Read more»

I think that a challenge a project manager would face, especially with longer term projects, would be how to keep a professional atmosphere. I bring this up because if you are going to be working with someone on a project…   Read more»

Working on my capstone project this year, logging in work has been crucial to our success. The project involves both hardware and software that need to work together in order to function. Therefore, the group members working on software must…   Read more»

I believe that the most important phase of a project is at the end when it is truly tested whether or not the project is successful. What I mean is that if at the end of the day your project…   Read more»

I think that answering your question is very dependent on the situation, and ones personal perspective. For example, if a team misses a milestone due lack of preparation and negligence. What I mean to say is due to a lack…   Read more»

Personally, I do not believe it should be too difficult to design a time line. Of course there will be challenges, but for the most part there should be some sort of precedent where a team can look and devise…   Read more»

I have not worked in industry but I am currently working on my senior capstone project where we are developing a device and mimicking how the process would occur in industry (having status meetings, design reviews, etc.) My group and…   Read more»

I think a cost-benefit analysis is important to answer your question. Will the risk cost the company more than it will benefit it? Or vise-versa? If the benefit is greater than the cost than the risk should be taken due…   Read more»

You bring up a really good point where you say that a project leader or risk leader develop a strong connection to the project, and therefore continue on with something that is too risky. I think that this a very…   Read more»

I believe that design input should generally be managed by the marketing team, this is because these individuals have the knowledge to know what is in demand, and therefore will design a product that will sell and make money. However,…   Read more»